A small-town, reality show romance with family drama and a Christian thread of surrendering pride and anger.
Indie
Kindle, Paperback
337 Pages
November 18, 2023
Ryan, the independent, brooding second oldest of the Hart sextuplets, can’t enjoy the solitude he craves when he agrees to star on a reality show. The plan is to discover a project manager to renovate his whole property. The show reveals that it's more about Ryan’s dating life. Can he keep his guard up when everything around him is falling apart faster than the shingles on his roof?
BJ Wallace loves her quiet life in Wisconsin that she’s created far from her
traumatic childhood. Everything changes when she learns she's competing on Repairing Ryan's Heart. As the show focuses more on Ryan than the house, BJ falls for him. Will
she win the show and destroy Ryan with her secret, or sacrifice her heart to
protect Ryan?
Reviewer’s comments:
Repairing
Hearts is the
continuing story of the Hart sextuplets. Every year since the sextuplets were
born, they’ve been interviewed. This is
their 25th interview, and this year is special. They announce there’s
going to be a two-part reality show. The first show is going to be about Ryan
Hart’s dilapidated and fixer-upper property. The show deals with Ryan Hart,
choosing a project leader to oversee the construction and design team. But when
the candidates are all lovely, talented women builders, the show gets fun and
interesting.
Show two, deals with the renovation of Ryan’s
property. The thing is, Ryan discovers that it’s not only his property getting
the renovation, his heart, too, is getting repaired.
The story is lively and cute. It's a unique view of
taking the reader backstage and onset to experience what’s happening behind the
cameras, as well as, in front. It’s a delightful story with memorable
characters and a well-written plot.
To learn more about Julie and her books, visit her
website: juliearduini.com
Julie
Arduini loves to encourage readers to find freedom in Christ by surrendering
the good, the bad, and ---maybe one day---the chocolate. She's the author of
the small town romance Surrendering Hearts series (ANCHORED HEARTS, REPAIRING
HEARTS) featuring Christian surrender themes. She has another romance series,
Surrendering Time (Entrusted, Entangled, and Engaged).
Her stand-alone
romances include the Christian novella MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN and the
inspirational novella, RESTORING CHRISTMAS.
She also wrote a
series with her daughter for tween and teen girls as well as women of all ages.
Surrendering Stinkin' Thinkin' (YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE AMAZING, and YOU'RE
BRILLIANT) feature a chapter from a mentor's journey, and then a chapter from
the younger female, both believing the same lie about themselves. "This
belongs in every church, school, and library."---Amazon review.
She lives in Ohio with her husband and
daughter.
